--- title: Jewish Voters Still Back Democrats, Despite Trump's Claims description: Jewish voters continue to overwhelmingly support Democrats, despite President Donald Trump's recent claims otherwise. canonical: https://time.com/5552377/donald-trump-jexodus-jews-democrats/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-15T15:21:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:02.059Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jewish Voters Still Back Democrats, Despite Trump's Claims About 'Jexodus' og:description: 79% of Jewish voters backed Democratic candidates for Congress in November og:url: https://time.com/5552377/donald-trump-jexodus-jews-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a60d0d28a19c019/698946be8fd2ee5d7f35df4c/donald-trump-jexodus-republican-jews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4450 og:image:height: 2503 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump Departs White House To Survey Alabama Tornado Damage og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jewish Voters Still Back Democrats, Despite Trump's Claims About 'Jexodus' twitter:description: 79% of Jewish voters backed Democratic candidates for Congress in November twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a60d0d28a19c019/698946be8fd2ee5d7f35df4c/donald-trump-jexodus-republican-jews.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jewish Voters Still Back Democrats, Despite Trump's Claims About 'Jexodus' > Sponsored content. 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Sarah Sanders Is Asked If Democrats Are Anti-Jewish_ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Mar 15, 2019 3:21 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House on March 8, 2019 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House on March 8, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Mar 15, 2019 3:21 PM UTC Jewish voters continue to overwhelmingly support Democrats, despite President Donald Trump’s recent claims otherwise. In the past week, the president has twice tweeted about a group represented by a former Trump campaign staffer that is encouraging Jewish voters to join the Republican Party. “The ‘Jexodus’ movement encourages Jewish people to leave the Democrat Party. Total disrespect! Republicans are waiting with open arms,” the President declared on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1106526246144487424) But polls and election results show that there is nothing like the movement that Trump describes going on. In the November 2018 midterms, for example, 79% of Jewish voters backed Democratic candidates for Congress, according to [Pew Research Center](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/07/how-religious-groups-voted-in-the-midterm-elections/). This was slightly below 2006 levels but an increase from the 2014 midterms. On the [presidential front](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful-voted-a-preliminary-2016-analysis/), Jewish voters have overwhelmingly supported Democrats for decades: Al Gore won 79% of Jewish voters in 2000, John Kerry won 74% in 2004, Barack Obama won 78% in 2008 and 69% in 2012, and Hillary Clinton won 71% in 2016. So what is Jexodus? A combination of the words “Jewish” and “exodus,” the group has appeared recently touting a purported break from the Democratic Party. The group’s website says that Jewish millennials are “tired of living in bondage to leftist politics” and claims that Democrats are anti-Semitic and taking them for granted. 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